22 occurrences

'Surround' in the Bible

You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

Verse ConceptsMonotheismDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other gods

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?”

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordEnemies SurroundingNames Blotted OutFor The Sake Of His Name

Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

Verse ConceptsWeaponsFriends SurroundingApproval To KillGoing Out And Coming In

For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

Verse ConceptsGatesTowersWallsprospering

The Levites will surround the king, each man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house, let him be killed. Thus be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”

Verse ConceptsWeaponsFriends SurroundingGoing Out And Coming In

“His arrows surround me.Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;He pours out my gall on the ground.

Verse ConceptsKidneys

“Therefore snares surround you,And sudden dread terrifies you,

Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will Come

“The lotus plants cover him with shade;The willows of the brook surround him.

Verse ConceptsWillows

From the wicked who despoil me,My deadly enemies who surround me.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

“As for the head of those who surround me,May the mischief of their lips cover them.

Verse ConceptsHeadsLipsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLet Evil Reboundoverwhelmed

“Bring my soul out of prison,So that I may give thanks to Your name;The righteous will surround me,For You will deal bountifully with me.”

Verse ConceptsPrisonersFriends SurroundingPlenty Through GodGod Freeing CaptivesWe Thank GodSpiritual crownsThe SoulGoodnesssoulfreejail

But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodGrowth Of EvilThey Do Not Keep Commands

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’

Verse ConceptsCitizenshipThey Do Not Keep Commands

Moreover, I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations which surround you, in the sight of all who pass by.

Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingThe Nations Before GodThings Manifest

So it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Verse ConceptsMade A HorrorThe Nations Before GodFun

“Meshech, Tubal and all their hordes are there; their graves surround them. All of them were slain by the sword uncircumcised, though they instilled their terror in the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And Death

Therefore the law is ignoredAnd justice is never upheld.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore justice comes out perverted.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRighteous, TheNo JusticeBreaking God's Law

Bible Theasaurus

Besiege (18 instances)
Border (246 instances)
Circle (90 instances)
Circumvent (1 instance)
Encircle (14 instances)
Environ (1 instance)
Environs (10 instances)
Fence (12 instances)
Skirt (19 instances)
Surround (69 instances)
Surroundings (5 instances)

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